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United States Patent | 5,609,491 |
Cooper ,   et al. | March 11, 1997 |
An assembly for connecting inputs and outputs to a printed circuit board subassembly is disclosed. The assembly includes an electrical connector 2 that includes a housing 4 and a plurality of terminals 6 located in openings 28 extending between a mating face 22 and a rear face 24 on the housing 4. Both the terminals 6 and the openings 28 are C-shaped and adjacent terminals and openings are inverted. The terminals have a contact tab portion 12 for forming a separable connection with a mating connector 56 and a termination or weld tab section 14 for attachment to a conductor 8 joining each connector terminal 6 to a printed circuit board 10. The termination tabs 14 are located in a single row to facilitate the attachment of a wire 8 to each terminal 6 by a process such as the use of an ultrasonic bonding applicator 62.
Inventors: | Cooper; Ralph M. (Clemmons, NC); Stillie; Donald G. (Winston-Salem, NC) |
Assignee: | The Whitaker Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Appl. No.: | 402079 |
Filed: | March 10, 1995 |
Current U.S. Class: | 439/79; 439/494 |
Intern'l Class: | H01R 013/04 |
Field of Search: | 439/494,492,499,79,80,692,733.1,76.1,83 |
4767350 | Aug., 1988 | Cooper et al. | 439/271. |
4993968 | Feb., 1991 | Guletsky et al. | 439/492. |
5100342 | Mar., 1992 | Olsson | 439/494. |
5201661 | Apr., 1993 | Ii | 439/79. |
5269694 | Dec., 1993 | Kachlic et al. | 439/83. |